Rana Abudayyeh is an Assistant Professor, and the Robin Klehr Avia Professor of Interior Architecture at the University of Tennessee’s College of Architecture and Design. Abudayyeh’s pedagogical interests focus on advancing new modes of architectural production employing computational design, digital fabrication, and novel material logics. She seeks to define innovative design trajectories rooted in a site-based approach that responds to various contextual layers. Understanding context constitutes the foundational premise of the design intent and its consequent manifestations. 

Abudayyeh joined the faculty at UT, Knoxville in 2015 after teaching at the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning from 2004-2012 where she coordinated third and fourth-year architecture studios. Previously, she worked at Antoine Predock Architect on numerous design competitions, federal, public, and private projects, the most recent of which is the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. She is a licensed architect in her native country, Jordan, where she is currently researching the ongoing refugee crisis in the Middle East while examining current models of interior spatial constructs in refugee camps. 

Education 

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, The University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM (2000) 

Master of Architecture with Distinction, The University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM (2003) 

Expertise and Interests 

Digital technologies and fabrication relevant to spatial thinking and making.